Suzuyo Takazato
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Suzuyo Takazato (高里鈴代 Takazato Suzuyo, born 1940) is a Japanese politician, feminist, and peace activist. She works with female victims of sexual violence.[1]
From 1989 to 2004, she was a member of the Naha city council.[2]
Takazato founded the organization Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence in 1995, two months after the high-profile rape incident by three US servicemen which inspired it.[3][4] She contributed to the establishment of a rape crisis center in Okinawa for victims of sexual assault.[5] She has criticized the concept of militarized security and peace forced by military intervention and analyzed the link between violence against women and military violence.[6] She campaigns against American military bases in Okinawa.[3] Her activism contributed to large-scale protests by Okinawa people against American military presence in 1995.[7]
“Prostitution and rape are the military system’s outlets for pent up aggression and methods of maintaining control and discipline–the target being local community women.”[8]
In 2005, Takazato was named on the list of 1000 PeaceWomen collectively nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.[9]
Awards and recognition
- Takako Doi Human Rights Award, 1997[10]
- Okinawa Times Award (2011)[2]
References
- ↑ "Suzuyo Takazato (Japan)". WikiPeaceWomen. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- 1 2 "高里鈴代 | 出演者について | 何を怖れる". feminism-documentary.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- 1 2 "Takazato Suzuyo 高里鈴代". U-M LSA Center for Japanese Studies (CJS). Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- ↑ Luck, Kristen. "Research Guides: Okinawa Studies Research Guide: Gender/Women's Rights". GW Libraries & Academic Innovation. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- ↑ "Suzuyo Takazato". PeaceWomen Across the Globe. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- ↑ Takazato, Suzuyo (2000-01-01). "Report from Okinawa: Long-term U.S. Military Presence and Violence Against Women". Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme. ISSN 0713-3235.
- ↑ "Suzuyo Takazato". Women Cross DMZ. 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- ↑ "Press Conference to Condemn Rape, Murder of Asian Women by U.S. Servicemen". Feminist Majority Foundation Blog. 1998-10-07. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
- ↑ Ginoza, Ayano (2022). "Archipelagic Feminisms: Critical Interventions into the Gendered Coloniality of Okinawa". Critical Ethnic Studies. 7 (2). University of Minnesota Press. doi:10.5749/CES.0702.07.
- ↑ "Thai NGO, Okinawa woman receive human rights award". The Japan Times. 1997-11-12. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
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